{"id":705972,"date":"2026-06-15T19:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705972\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:03:25","slug":"celtics-have-better-odds-than-the-knicks-for-winning-a-title-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705972\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics have better odds than the Knicks for winning a title in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Celtics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe Celtics are the favorites to win the Eastern Conference and have the third-best odds to win it all.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/EQPPRUMVOFEJQJ6KWFSEH6HBME-6a3041dcdfeae-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-16:9 size-16:9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\tJayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown Danielle Parhizkaran\/Globe Staff\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"m-article-list__link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/boston-celtics\/2026\/06\/15\/jayson-tatum-celtics-no-trade\/?p1=article_recirc_inline_feature\" data-p1=\"article_recirc_inline_feature\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jayson-Tatum-CF-1-6a2fee503f9ba-768x432.jpg\" class=\"t-amp__list-image m-article-list__image m-article-list__image--full\" alt=\"Jayson Tatum Celtics\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo, Jayson Tatum should not be traded \u2026 but he needs to be more of an initiator offensively\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"m-article-list__link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/morning-sports-update\/2026\/06\/15\/scottish-fans-fenway-park-red-sox-world-cup-tartan-army\/?p1=article_recirc_inline_feed\" data-p1=\"article_recirc_inline_feed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScottish fans took over Fenway Park in ongoing \u2018Tartan Army\u2019 World Cup experience in Boston\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/06\/14\/nation\/knicks-championship-celebrations-marred-by-mayhem-and-violence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Knicks<\/a> clinched their first title since 1973 over the weekend, but when it comes to odds for next year\u2019s NBA championship, New York already trails several teams including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/boston-celtics\/2026\/06\/15\/jayson-tatum-celtics-no-trade\/?p1=hp_secondary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to both DraftKings Sportsbook and BetMGM, the Celtics have the third-best odds to win it all in 2027. DraftKings has Boston at +550 and BetMGM has Boston at +700. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/leagues\/basketball\/nba?category=futures&amp;subcategory=champion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/nba\/finals-odds-championship-nba-betting-bm05\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bet MGM<\/a> are split on which team has the overall best odds. BetMGM has Oklahoma City as the favorite at +250, while DraftKings has San Antonio as the favorite at +250. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both companies have the Knicks fourth behind OKC, San Antonio, and Boston. Detroit, which earned the Eastern Conference\u2019s top seed last season, was outside of the top-five. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Celtics, who lost in the first-round to Philadelphia in this year\u2019s playoffs, have the best odds of any Eastern Conference team to win the championship next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it stands right now, the Celtics could retain a core of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Celtics won 56 games and earned the No. 2-ssed last season despite Tatum missing most of the season. A healthy Tatum and a more experienced supporting cast could make the Celtics more dangerous next year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Celtics have also been mentioned frequently as possible suitors for Giannis Antetokounmpo, whom is expected to be traded from Milwaukee ahead of the upcoming NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possibility of pairing Antetokounmpo and Tatum together makes the Celtics a team to watch over the next few weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile the Knicks have Finals MVP Jalen Brunson under contract, along with Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, O.G. Anunoby, and Josh Hart. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite entering the postseason as the No. 3-seed, New York won 12 of its last 13 playoff games en route to the championship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Celtics are Eastern Conference favorites heading into next season, but with the defending champion Knicks looming in the Atlantic division competition could get intense. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-01-26-at-4.59.30-PM-6706db53ae1d7-6706dcbabfba0-242x242.png\" alt=\"Profile image for Khari A. Thompson\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/author\/kharia-thompson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khari A. Thompson<\/a>Sports Reporter\t<\/p>\n<p>Khari Thompson covers professional sports for Boston.com. Before joining the team in 2022, Khari covered college football for The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the latest Boston sports news<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics The Celtics are the favorites to win the Eastern Conference and have the third-best odds to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-705972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}